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Tufts Medical Center orthopaedic surgeon Daniel Sun, MD, shares what you need to know about the osteoarthritis—causes, symptoms and treatments.

Volunteers at MelroseWakefield Hospital's award-winning Mobile Food Market have been feeding members of our community for over a decade

Tufts Medical Center’s Marisa Tieger, MD, board-certified ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal specialist and surgeon, shares what you need to know about how diabetes affects the eyes

Tufts Medical Center thoracic surgeon, Lana Schumacher, MD shares what you need to know about lung cancer risks, prevention and who should be screened.

Dallas Reed, MD, Chief of Genetics at Tufts Medicine, discusses hereditary cancer risk, Polygenic Risk Scores and the latest advances coming to the field of genetic cancer screening.

Tufts Medicine’s stroke experts share what you need to know about stroke symptoms, signs, treatment and recovery.

Tufts Medicine delivers precision medicine theranostic radiation treatment to patients with advanced prostate cancer.

Breast cancer survivor Linda Frederick offers Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital patients and caregivers healing Reiki and meditation.

Tufts Medicine’s Anubha Bharthuar, MD, shares what you need to know about chemoprevention—medications that can help reduce the risk of developing breast cancer.

Tufts Medical Center’s Reid R. Sacco AYA Cancer Program provides comprehensive long-term follow up care to patients diagnosed with cancer under the age of 40, while also leading national research on the financial hardship associated with cancer.

Tufts Medical Center’s ChiHae Kwan, OD, Director of Optometry Services, tips to keep your eyes safe and healthy on Halloween.

Lowell General Hospital’s Mary Schmitt, Clinical Genetics Nurse Practitioner, explains how genetic testing and precision medicine are changing cancer care.

Tufts Medicine’s guide to the cancer screenings you need at every age for people with average risk.

Dr. Jill Steinkeler, Medical Director of Breast Imaging at Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital, shares what breast density means for your breast health, breast cancer risk and breast cancer detection.

Tufts Medicine’s Dr. Sarah Persing on the benefits oncoplastics, which combines breast cancer treatment with plastic surgery techniques to restore the breast's natural appearance after cancer removal.

Tufts Medical Center’s Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant team has reached an exciting milestone, performing the hospital’s 800th heart transplant procedure in October 2024. “We’re proud to celebrate this milestone and every successful transplantation we have the privilege to perform, said Gregory Couper, MD, Surgical Director of the Advanced Heart Failure Program. “Each heart transplant is an opportunity for a person to live a longer and more fulfilling life, and it means countless more families and friends who get time with the people they love.”

Tufts Medicine’s Shira Doron, MD, Chief Infection Control Officer, Hospital Epidemiologist and Antimicrobial Steward, Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, on preventing, identifying and treating common seasonal respiratory illnesses.

Congestive Heart Failure affects more than 6 million Americans and is the leading cause of hospital stays in adults aged 65 and older. Identifying CHF in the early stages can prolong your life. Tufts Medical Center’s Medical Director, Cardiac Transplantation, Indranee N. Rajapreyar, MD walks you through the symptoms of the 4 stages of CHF, as well as treatments and prevention.

The Community Walks clinical trial investigates the impact of adapting the environment within Boston’s public housing developments to promote physical activity.

More than half of concussions happen to children while they’re participating in organized sports like soccer, football, cheerleading, gymnastics and baseball. With fall sports season in full swing, parents, coaches and young athletes need to know how to prevent, spot and treat concussions.

Tufts Medical Center’s Chief of Pediatric Neurology, Arnold J. Sansevere, MD is here to help us get smart about what is often thought of as an “invisible” injury.